EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
♦ WESTERN STATES SHAKEN, WATER TOWER COLLAPSES IN NEVADA. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —BY ELKCTEIC TELEOBAPH—COPYEIGHT.) (Received December 21st, 9.25 p.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, December .21. A severe earthquake shook the west from Rawlins (Wyoming) to Long Beach (California) on Tuesday night, bpt the damage was confined to broken windows and crockery. The shake stopped clocks in most places but no injuries were reported. The shock rocked the entire State of Nevada. At Gerlach (Nevada) a large water-tower was knocked down. Reno was also sharply shaken, and the walls of the Califorjiian State Capitol at Sacramento creaked and rattled.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20736, 22 December 1932, Page 11
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